/ot/ - off-topic

>>508546
>oh, my BMR is somewhere between 1600 and 1750 actually! so i wouldn't lose weight if i ate that much.

why do you think so, are you bedbound or something? my bmr + bmi were in the same range as yours when i started to lose weight and i lost 15 kg in 6 months on ~1500 kcal with 0 exercise except walks from work. that's still like 500 kcal deficit.

>>508530
IF is terrific. I lost about twenty five lbs. from intermittent fasting alone (18:6) and then another ten when I cut out sugar. It works even if your hormones are screwy or what have you. My mom is in menopause and had gained about thirty pounds, she started IF and one moth in has lost five lbs already. It also helps keep your insulin production under control. The only trouble is that people new to it sometimes get constipated? Not a big deal afaict.

>>508575
seconding IF. it’s hard to get used to in the first week or so but as your body adjusts, you don’t notice the time pass. i lost 20lbs from it but more importantly it changed my relationship with food so i’m not boredom or stress eating.

>>508580
Stress and boredom eating disappeared for me too. That was a big deal, because that was how I gained most of my weight.

Doctors who promote it (there are a lot of them in my area) say it has a positive effect on the hormones that control hunger and a feeling of fullness. I can't remember the names of both but one of them is leptin.

I also know some people who do OMAD but jmo there's no way I could eat all the calories I need to in one sitting without feeling vaguely ill. Maybe if all I ate was salmon and avocados or something insane like that.

I'm 5'1, and my starting weight was 152 pounds. 130 is my first goal.

I packed on a lot of pounds during the start of college a year ago due to constantly eating junk, dunking down multiple cups of boba a week and generally being a lazy piece of shit.

Now I'm down to 145 in less than 2 weeks after going back to the gym, and eating low-carb (I try to limit to 75g for a start) on a 1200 calorie diet! I feel a lot better since I've began to eat cleaner too.

>>360179
>incredibly capitalistic

Be still my heart

>>360294
>Restarting arms race with Russia might do the trick

Imagine a political party stirring up tensions with Russia haha, so glad the Bush era is over.

>>360647
Capitalistic in the sense Eli seems preoccupied with being the head of a self-created heirarchy, and all that entails - using people for personal gain, focus on increasing status and influence, sex obsession, control of assets and entry into the "group", emotional manipulation, and so on. They even rent out an office to run their "business" from.

>>360644
It was hard to translate but I imagine they have been through some times. I only wish I could see the screencaps/the 17 page letter she sent Eli with the details, maybe it was more specific

>>351723
It sounds like a sexual fantasy that trannies would have. I would not be surprised if these women are exonerated.

Post something that triggers a troon. Wanna make a folder out of these.(use the new thread)

>>505792
I think we had an xoJane/vain thread at one time, but maybe that was GOMI or PLL. They were definitely cows, but at least they were more interesting that "costhot posting her photoshopped ass online again." Anons ITT are right that the Internet is shallow and boring now. I think cancel culture and wokeism plays into that. I really do miss unapologetically bitchy media made for and by women; it feels like everyone is trying to play nice now and that fakeness is so off-putting.

>>505815
>>505792
>>505789
That's interesting because when that culture came on the internet and I knew the internet's demographics was shifting and more normalfags were coming online.

While I do agree this era had more media made for and by women the gossip stuff was particularly littered with a lot of misogyny and hateful attitudes about different types of women outside the molded norm. Idk why so many anons are nostalgic for the "dumb bitch" culture of the 2000s when it was focused on making women look as dumb and as much as slutty fuckups as possible? It was fake too but in its own way.

>>505792
>>505815
You guys seem completely blinded by nostalgia goggles. Places like jezebel and xojane were originators of woke cancel culture lmao

>>505789
Kinda ot but does anyone think it's fucked that the founder of manrepeller got married to an investment banker?

>>505876
>>505878
I don't think xoJane/vain was ever GOOD lol I just miss hate reading messy stories and comments (hence why I come to lolcow). It does annoy me that women are always on their best behaviour online lest some scrote use them as an example of AWALT, or because some bitch is going to feel "shamed" by what you said. I also feel like everything is overly curated these days whereas being online used to feel like a break from that sort of IRL perfectionism (at least for me).
>>505878
I get it because clothes and fashion cost money. MR used to somewhat interest me for her kooky choices, but now it's just xoJane without the funny parts. Everything is so bland.

>>501964
>>501982
>>501991
>>501994
You all getting it wrong, it's due to some stupid US based law was lobbied by, big surprise, streaming services who had to compete with free child content.

The "real" reason behind it is "to protect the children" from being data mined by Youtube (to make matching ads- which was very profitable for gulag), because you know only children privacy matters.


>>501989
>>502157
I miss the AMVs and not being forced to use gulag account.

is there a fire fox add on that lets me save a site to view later? I don't want use the favorite thing because I'll be saving 100+ sites at a time

>>507358
Because it's just noise for edgelords. My favorite fans are rnb and dance music fans. I hate most metalheads like I hate most who are super into vgs and anime

>>507382
Metal heads have the most undeserved sense lf superiority, they fucking piss me off. Their horrible attitudes and boomer stance on music is whats killing the genre as there is not many modern entry point bands that for outsiders to who want to explore the genre. I'm saying this as someone who listens to a crap to of black metal, which fans of black metal are almost as annoying as kpop fans.

>>507360
try onetab? you can collapse your tabs and view them later all in one tab.

>>506909

Lol that goth in that pic's hairstyle and look reminds me more of the older goth/punks. I think every girl in the 2000s was too focused on being glammed up or focused on scrote attention in some vein or the other (not their fault) to actually go halfway bald like that lmao

>>506901
I used to hate happy tree friends. It horrified me even then tbh. Couldn't understand why people liked it. It was too graphic and also gross to see people getting excited by it. People got brain damaged after 2001.


Even back then I thought the 2000s edgelord was embarrassing and trendy trash that was going to age bad. I thought easily 80% of the stuff in the 2000s was trendy bullshit that wasn't really of quality or classicness. God the 21st century has been super awkward. I can see us kinda gaining our footing now in the 20s? I really hope we go back to stuff making cohesive sense lol. But the 2000s was more experimental than 2010s which is good, but man…. a lot of it was shit.


Looking back my favorite kind of edginess is the late 20th century edginess, 00s edginess was really childish and pointless tbh. Some of it was good/needed but a lot of it had no meaning or value.

>>506904
All of the characters are so cute though, I wish the show was actually about them being friends and nothing bad ever happens to them.

>>506912
But then if you do watch over your kid 24/7 you're an evil helicopter parent

Which one is it

>>506927
>"censorship has to be a thing. people are too stupid to handle it. yes, adults included."

That's literally thought-control, oh my god. You're basically saying that artists deserve to have their basic rights taken away on account of stupid people. I'm not a fan of the "think of the children!1!!" moral outrage, but at least I understand the logic of it. You're not even saying "think of the children" you're saying "people's rights need to be taken away to protect idiots."

Also, lolicon is already against the law in some countries. I would never defend it. Plus most people into lolicon are also into actual child porn, so getting rid of it doesn't affect normal people the way censoring violence would.

>>506934
It was a joke. Also, sage your non-contributions.

>>506999
Monitoring your kids' internet use isn't helicopter parenting. There is such thing as middle ground you know.

Also I literally never even mentioned helicopter parenting, much less complained about it?

They only go after people who share the music, not download it. It's a little different. Unless you're torrenting some popular album that just came out, you should be in the clear without a VPN. Zip files are also pretty much okay.

>>506811
Direct downloads can't be tracked, and that includes ripping from youtube.
The reason people get caught torrenting is because your IP address is attached and major corps have spies watching in big torrents.

>>506811
If you don't torrent and don't distribute content it's fine. Just use DDL sites.

>>506811
kek, very wholesome thread

Why is it still here ahah? whatever.

The farmhands have been deleting my posts for a while now.

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>>75904
nice comeback. man /m/ and /g/ are truly fucked.

>>75897
funny that you call me a radfem when i just point out the lolis and the ddlg shit

>>75910
>gang bang doujins
totally not a male. this couldn't be more obvious
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>>506491
no that's aikuros I think. the cowsel thread was embarrassing though. a whole thread for some girl because she's "pretty but kinda boring"?

>>506493
I usually hate when people say this but honestly most posters in that thread are just jealous of Mikan cause she goes to Bunka, dated a Japanese dude, and leaves in Japan. In fact most PULL users are pissed off at people simply cause they have something that they don't. Some threads are valid but most are a mess.

>>506864
Seriously, like Mikan legitimately does milky shit but the same posters keep complaining about her sense of humor every 3 pages, it's like, okay we get it, you're rehashing the same thing you said before.

From the Venus thread, one of the PULL users has bought some of Venus' old clothes from Margo.

>>507503
when another user commented on it being a poor use of money, they replied with this.

>>205040
Isn't it just people having different tastes?

>>205042
Kind of looks like weeby yellow fever to me also, tbh.

>>205068


Probably underage weebs just posting their chink idols.

going through this thread and it seems as if you gals like the "brunette guy with big nose" motif

I like how he consistently looks like someone's cutting onions nearby and he's holding back the urge to cry.

>>505804
I'm by no means experienced with sewing but I think investing in a semi decent sewing machine is worth it if you can afford it and have space for it. My machine was about $250, which isn't a drop in the bucket, but it's a step past Singer's beginner line of sewing machines and has lasted me almost 10 years with no real issues. On the other hand, my friend got a shitty $50 beginner Singer to start out and it shit itself not long after she got it (paid more in repairs than I did for my whole machine). Knowing even the basics of sewing is pretty handy so you can fix/alter your own clothes. Learning to handsew is quite tedious, but if you like to do sort of mindless things with your hands it's nice. Some costumes might also require both machine and hand sewing, for delicate parts or buttons or things that you're afraid of your machine fucking up on.

As for starting, buy easy patterns online/at your city's garment district if your city has one. Look at your clothes and the seams and look at how they're attached to get an understanding as to how to piece things together. Look up very easy sewing projects on youtube. Resources are endless nowadays. It can easily become overwhelming because of fabric choices, how to line and cut your pattern pieces out against the fabric, how to read patterns, etc., but really, just say fuck it and start making stuff. You can also start by making your own clothing patterns by tracing out basic shapes onto newspaper, or if you really want to, take apart a piece of clothing and see how all the pieces are shaped. You can break things down to like "how to sew a sleeve" or "how to sew (x shape item)" and probably find easier tutorials. Mood fabrics also has a whole section on their website somewhere with FREE patterns and tutorials!

I never formally learned how to sew. A lot of it from day one for me is "line up the two pieces of fabric at the edges (right sides together), put down the sewing foot of my machine, and GO" and 10ish years later it still works lol.

Also, whether you decide to sew or buy a machine, BUY FABRIC SCISSORS. Dedicated fabric scissors. Hide them from everyone you know and never ever use them for anything but fabric. Trust me. I used regular scissors for years but they're never sharp enough and will ruin your fabric and make your life absolute hell. They are the single most important thing to Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>505823
what sewing machine are you using, anon? i currently own a singer and i'm thinking about an upgrade.

>>505823
this is so kind and i really appreciate it. Just knowing where to get some patterns gives me a wonderful start

>>505836
I own a Singer 7258! My friend who owned that shitty singer upgraded to a Brother machine (I think it was the SE-400?? Honestly cannot remember the model or what it looks like lol) and it's also AMAZING, but roughly about $400… I'm a bit jealous of hers, but my machine gets shit done so whatever.

>>505863
Glad to help anon! I hope you'll have fun! It might be worthwhile to sign up for local sewing classes or something too if you'd like! I think JoAnn's offers them and will give you machines to use to practice on.

>>505804
I just dove into the deep end when I got into sewing and bought a sewing machine! Mine is a really basic singer I got for ~$114; I’d like something nicer in the future so I can do more elaborate stuff, but it does what I need it to do for now and I really like it.

https://vintagepatterns.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

^this is a vintage pattern wiki so you can look at/ print off some patterns for free. I haven’t looked at it in depth yet, my friend just sent it to me recently.

I started off sewing by doing simple alterations to my clothes and then experimenting with fabric scraps. Then I tried my hand at a medium difficulty cosplay and it went well! I was able to learn a lot from the experience. Youtube has a lot of really good resources along with sewing books and sewing panels at conventions. I would always go to those and take notes like a nerd lmfao. I think the most important thing for you to do is learn vocabulary! Learn the parts of your sewing machine, sewing terms/tools, clothing terms, etc.

>>505868 if you’re having trouble grasping concepts or would like to be able to ask questions then I also recommend sewing classes! You don’t need them to be successful though, so it’s okay if between fabric, patterns and a machine it’s already too much money and you can’t make the investment. Good luck!

i can only stomach this one and maybe cc. the nazi retards that plague 4chan deserve their depression and alienation. the internet and the world would be a better place if they'd just hurry up and kill themselves already.

I think we all know the answer, but is most of /sci/ 'I fell for meme degree' posts just people thinking they're entitled to 6 figure jobs straight out the gate or looking for an excuse on why them slacking off during college totally didn't affect their career prospects. Because looking at /sci/ and any other source they have starkly different points.

>>504694

same. except cc has been so annoying with that shit over the past few days. totally unrelated threads keep getting derailed by nazi bullshit. reporting and trying not get sucked into it, but whatcha gonna do.

>>504834
i'm convinced that the scrote invasion brought a bunch of racefags along with it. so many weirdly sexual posts that reek of male along pointless racism.

>>442100
some dipshit. he's shitting up /ic/ as well